Evergreen blanket



EVERGREEN BLANKET Filed DGO. 8 1&922

Patented pr, 22, i924.

JULES l?. BESSIRE, OF INDIANAI'PQLIS, INDIAN..

:EVERGREEN sLaNnnrr.

Application led December 8, 1922. Serial No. 605,738.

To'aZZ 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULES P. Bassins, e citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented newand useful Improvements inv Evergreen Blankets, of which the fol Wingis a specification.

The object of t. is invention is to provide a blanket for decorative purposes comprisn ing a strong', durable body portionwhich is liexible and more orless elastic, to permit the finished article to berolled for shipment and storage, and unrolled for use, and also bent to conform with the surface to be covered by it, said body material having a covering of laminiferous material such as evergreens and foliage of various trees, iiowers, or the like, secured to its outer surface to present a mass of said covering material to the eye.

4A further object is to provide means for stilfening and strengthening the body-material and for the secure engagement there- VSIB with of holding' devices by which the blanket is pinned to the ground or other surface covered by it.

l accomplish the above, and other objects which will hereinafter appear, by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichv Fig. l is a perspective view of my invention in use as a blanket for covering graves, a portion of the ground being broken away vto show the holding-pin. Fig. 2 is a top plan vview of my invent-ion showing the body-- portion partly covered with evergreens, and Fig. 3, is an under side view of saine. I

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views of the drawings. The-preferred material for the body'or frame of my blanket is woven wire fabric 4 of open mesh similar, to that commercially known as chicken wire. This may be of any desired width and lengt-h and will preferably be bound around Vthe edges with a. marginal wire or Wires 5;'to which the edges are secured by bending 'them around vWires 5. To one side ot' the frame or skeleton thus formed, a covering of laminiferousl material 6, is fastened b v sewing the stems or strongest portions thereof to the wirefabric 4. This is preferably doneb a stitchin lof fine wire 7 which is baste back and orth through the meshes of thev wire fabric and across the stems of the foliage. In practice l have found that the foliage from a species of American pine known as lyeopodiurn, dyed a brilliant green color, makes a beautiful blanket which is durable 'and is practically non-inflammable. But autumn leaves G0 of any kind, holly, the usual pine and cedar .evergreens and flowers, may be used with excellent effect and with varying degrees of durability.

- The blanket material thus completed may 05 be rolled up for storage and transportation, and when unrolled may be used for lining graves, for outdoor carpets covering-fresh earth, and the like', for covering graves at all seasons of the year, and in innumerable desirable and pleasing' ways. i

When it is usedout of doors where it is subject to wind and other disturbances, it is preferablygfastened to the v'ground by` pins l0, here shown as having end hooks 11, '75 and .cork-screw bodies as shown in Fig. l by which the pins are more readily inserted and more securely held; and the blanket is attached by hooking pins endsll around the marginal wire 5. Should there be no y marginal wire the Vhook may engage the woven body Il.

Havingthus fully described my invention, the details of which are capable of variation as l have in part herein above indicated, S5 what l claim as new, is-

l. fiexible blanket conforming to the shape of a grave-mound, comprising a, wire fabric body having a fiexible and elastic marginal binding wire, a Vcover of .laminifcrous material sewed to the `wire fabric, and pins entering the earth and removably secured to the bodyfabric 'to hold the blanket in place.

2. A iexible' blanket conforming to the 95 shape of a gravennound` comprising a. wire fabric body having a fiexible and elastic marginal binding Wire, a covering oflaminifcrous-material fastened to the outer side of the wire fabric, and spiral pins entering the ground and having hooks engaging the marginal binding wire.

Signed at Indianapolis, Indiana, this the 5th day of December, 1922.-

.n'inns r. Bassins; 

